The SPANISH SUPERCUP is played at the beginning of each season, & matches up the Spanish League (
La Liga ) Champion with the Spanish Cup Champion of the previous season. It´s a two leg (
away-return) affair that will match REAL MADRID CF & FC BARCELONA tomorrow. The 1 st leg will be
played tomorrow night at the "Camp Nou" Stadium, thus giving all Football fans an early in the new
season "Clasico
All the Spanish Football - Liga agents have agreed today & have finally settled the SPANISH LEAGUE
FIXTURE for season 2012- 2013. Below is a diagram in Spanish which gives a birds-eye view of the
big matches:- Start of LA LIGA ( Round 1 ) - 18/19 August - 1º leg of Spanish SuperCup - 23 August
- 2º leg of Spanish SuperCup - 30 August - Spanish Cup Final - 18 of May 2013 - End of LA LIGA (
Round
"We applauded them (Real Madrid ) when they won, this is just Sport after all. We have been very
respectful with them (Real Madrid ) at all times, even when they won the Spanish League, when they
won the Spanish Cup in Mestalla ... We were very respectful with them. However, I noticed & feel
that it was not the case when we won and they lost.
Thursday's first leg and next Wednesday's second leg in the Supercopa become more important to
those of us without DirecTV and BeIN Sport TV. For those unaware, BeIN Sport now owns US Broadcast
rights for La Liga. Thus these Supercopa games are some of the few La Liga matches we'll see live
this year, making this match up all the more compelling!
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho's ban for poking Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova in the eye last
year was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the pair to meet at the Spanish Super Cup next
month.
Mourinho had been banned for poking Vilanova in the eye during an on-field brawl at the end of a
Super Cup match last year.
Manchester United and Barcelona are set to renew their rivalry in an exhibition match to be
played in Sweden on August 8.
Football fans are in for another pre-eason treat as the Red Devils and the Catalan giants will
face off against each other in Gothenburg.
With the Premier League season not starting until August 18 this year, and United not being
involved in the Community Shield, a glamour friendly in early August is just what the doctor
ordered.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi insists that the club's disappointing UEFA Champions League
exit at the hands of eventual winners Chelsea is behind him but maintains that the result was
unfair to the Spanish Cup winners.
Messi scored in last Friday's 3-0 rout of Athletic Bilbao to give outgoing manager Pep Guardiola
a positive farewell with the Copa Del Rey title but admits that defeat in other competitions has
left him hurting.
